"se faire tout petit" meaning in Français

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Verb

IPA: \sə fɛʁ tu pə.ti\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-se faire tout petit.wav
  1. Être le plus discret possible.
    Sense id: fr-se_faire_tout_petit-fr-verb-67T8Qd2U Categories (other): Exemples en français
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Se faire tout petit): si fé tot ptit (Wallon)
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          "text": "Tu viens d’enchaîner quatre délits graves, alors si tu ne veux pas retourner en prison, tu as intérêt à te faire tout petit. La prochaine fois, je n’hésiterai pas à te dénoncer."
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          "ref": "Leïla Slimani, Dans le jardin de l’ogre, Folio, 2020",
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